gaining health

pebbleslaura1

Been trying to gain weight and recover from anorexia i have been doing ok trying to eat more (weekends not goid though) i did gain some weight but then my digestive disorder kucked in ladt week now lost the gained wright! Typical any advice to start to try gain again but light foids on digestion till its bit better?

silverstormborn

Hi Pebble!

Also recovering from anorexia & just went through a similar situation; almost put on half a stone in just over 2 weeks, & as I gained, I began to feel uncomfortable. Stuffed. Particularly around the waist area, so if I laughed, it actually kinda hurt. It all just felt very tight... Anyway, I do believe I got a little too carried away, trying to eat more than my body could handle {specially for someone who went from not eating anything at all, no more than 500 calories per day anyway...}... what I wasn't doing was moving around much. I didn't do any form of exercise, because I was worried I'd lose any progress I made. The second issue was that I wasn't really eating much fruit or vegetables in all that time.

My dietitian has recommended a more meditational approach to exercise {ie. yoga} as opposed to anything too strenuous, as I am more than just a little underweight. So this along with making sure you eat fruit & veg {I'm going with the smoothie/drink formula approach & buy the Blue Machine Naked drinks. That way I can just guzzle it down & it's packed full of good stuff!}

Because I was feeling so tight around the waist & just felt like I was carrying more weight than Ii could handle, I kinda chilled for a few days & in the process, like I knew I would, I lost a bit of that weight. BUT I'm going to stay positive because I now know, having seen the proof, that it is possible to physically recover! I'm just kicking myself that I didn't try myfitnesspal many years ago. I've been suffering from anorexia for the majority of my life.

Good luck, Pebbles

pebbleslaura1

Thanku so much for reply i been suffering for about 18yrs now and its time to fight back strong and get a happy life! Just hard when you so full all time and i also hav a digestive disorder so hav to watch what i eat or it makes my ill typical i will take your advice thanku
Hope you ok keep strong xx